Bruce Golding
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| Bruce Golding, MP | |
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5th Leader of the Opposition, in the Parliament of Jamaica
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| Assumed office February 20, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | The Most Hon. Edward Seaga, ON, PC, MP |
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| Succeeded by | Incumbent |
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| Born | December 5, 1947 Chapelton, St. Catherine Parish, Jamaica |
| Political party | Jamaica Labour Party |
| Spouse | Lorna Golding |
Bruce Golding (born on December 5, 1947 in Jamaica) is a Jamaican politician, and currently the head of the Jamaica Labour Party, the main opposition party in the Jamaican parliament. He is married to Lorna Golding and has three children, Steven, Sherene and Ann-Merita.
Golding was the founder of the Jamaican National Democratic Movement (NDM). He was formerly the chairman of the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) before he and others felt the need to split and form the new NDM in 1995.
He was elected again as leader of the JLP, and also the leader of the opposition, having ascended to that post on February 20, 2005. Golding is a second-generation member of the JLP, his father, Tacius, having served as a member of parliament, and Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 1960s.
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